*******Representation in America's Legislatures*******

***README FILE***

This zip file contains data for the West Virginia House:

wvh9900_README.txt: Explains the layout of roll call data files and provides general project 
information
wvh9900_rc.dta: Stata 8SE file containing roll call data
wvh9900_rc.csv: Comma delimited text file containing roll call data
wvh9900_summaries.txt: Text file containing bill summary information for matching roll calls

Attribution: If you use the data, please include this citation:
Gerald Wright. 2004. "Representation in America's Legislatures." Indiana University: National Science
Foundation Grant.

Funding for the Representation in America's Legislatures project was provided by the Political Science
Program of the Division of Social and Economic Sciences of the National Science Foundation (SES-0094635
and SES-0242571).

**Important Notes
Only competitive roll calls are included in these files.  A competitive roll call is one in which 5% or
more of legislators voting voted in the minority.  All roll calls with less than 5% of legislators
voting in the minority are defined as non-competitive and not included in these files.

For a detailed description of the roll call collection see:
http://www.indiana.edu/~ral/ral_papers.htm

**Roll Call Files:

Variable Identification:
chid: Chamber identification: state abbreviation plus chamber (s=senate, h=house) (string)
dist: Legislator's district (string)
first: First name of legislator (string)
last: Last name of legislator (string)
pid: Party identification: 0=Republican, 1=Democrat, 2=Other (numeric)
rc's: 0=no, 1=yes, All other votes=. (numeric)

NOTES: The following legislators replaced someone at some point during the session:
		Paxton replaced Tillis in District 13
		Ross replaced Damron (resigned in 1999) in District 17
		Calvert replaced Miller in District 30
		Mattaliano replaced Everson in District 40

**Summary File:

Complete bill summary information included
See summary file wvh9900_summaries.txt for more details.
